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August 07, 2007

a brief example of the difference between women and men

I wrote a letter to The Husband last week, a summing-up of how I've been feeling and what I've been thinking about the events of the past few weeks. I thought about writing the letter for a couple of days.

Once I sat down and started the letter, it took me about an hour and a half to write one page. Then it took another hour to go back and winnow out everything that sounded cranky or judgmental.

I waited another day to mail it out, in case I changed my mind. Once it was mailed, I worried about it. Wondering if I should have written less. Or written more. Or sounded friendlier. Or nicer.

He was away on business and didn't get home until Saturday. I wondered what his response would be to the things I had said to him.

Yesterday, the pay-off. "I read your letter. It was really well written. You're a good writer."

The end.

Posted by JudyLa at 07:24 AM | Comments (0)